The T-14 Armata (Russian: Т-14 «Армата»; industrial designation "Ob'yekt 148") is a Russian main battle tank based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform. It is the first series-produced next generation tank.The Russian Army planned to acquire 2,300 T-14s in the period 2015–2020 but production and fiscal shortfalls will restrict the number built to just 100 by 2020.The first batch of T-14 Armata tanks will be deployed to the Taman division after 2020, tanks will be transferred only after the completion of all state tests.
Specifications
Weight 48 tonnes
Length 8.7 m (29 ft)
Width 3.5 m (11 ft)
Height 3.3 m (11 ft)
Crew 3
Armor
44S-sv-Sh[
Glacis: 900 mm vs APFSDS and 1400 vs HEAT.
Internal armored capsule with more than 900 mm RHA equivalent
Malachit (4th generation ERA) can reduce penetration of APFSDS and HEAT rounds by at least 50%
Main armament
125 mm (4.92 in) smoothbore 2A82-1M tank cannon with 45 rounds (32 of them in the autoloader)
Future version may use the smoothbore 2A83 152 mm gun
Secondary armament
12.7 mm (0.50 in) Kord machine gun(6P49), 7.62 mm (0.30 in) PKTM machine gun (6P7К)
Engine diesel
1,500 hp–2,000 hp Power/weight 31hp/t
Transmission 12-speed automatic gearbox
Operational range
min 500 kilometres (310 mi)Speed 80 km/h (50 mph)–90 km/h (56 mph) (estimated)
